Trading on the Santa Fe Trail Traveling Trunk
Lessons and activities in the trunk are directed at a fourth grade audience, although the information and materials included in the trunk can be adapted for use with other ages.
Introduction
Connecting to the Standards
Section 1: Historical Thinking Activities
- Lesson 1: Let's Take a Closer Look - Students begin to develop historical thinking skills by investigating items that are familiar to them.
Section 2: Walmart on Wheels
- Lesson 1: Finding a Family - Students work in small groups to categorize items from the trunk.
- Lesson 2: For Sale on the Trail: Examining an Artifact - Students apply what they learned in the "Finding a Family" lesson to conduct a closer investigation of selected items from the trunk.
- Lesson 3: Digging Deeper - Students conduct additional research about items in the trunk.
Section 3: Extension Activities
- Lesson 1: Reading a Picture - Students read a historic photograph.
- Additional Ideas
Section 4: Read Kansas! Lessons
Section 5: Appendix
- Flash drive Trading on the Santa Fe Trail
- Santa Fe Trail Adventures by Dave Webb
- Kansas Kaleidoscope "Santa Fe Trail" volume 2, number 2, October 1998
- National Park Service Santa Fe Trail Map
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